CA2242623C - Method of initializing packet traffic channel in communication system - Google Patents
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Abstract
There is provided a method of initializing a packet traffic channel in a communication system. To efficiently use channel capacity in a packet data service, time and power required to initialize a packet traffic channel are reduced through timing alignment between a terminal and a base station, controlled access collision between terminals, use of preamble patterns, and a comb type correlator branch.
Description
METHOD OF INITL~LIZING PACKET TRAFFlC CHANNEL
IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTlON
1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a channel controlling method for a data service in a mobile communication system, and in particular, to a method of initi~li7.in~ a reverse packet traffic channel.
IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTlON
1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a channel controlling method for a data service in a mobile communication system, and in particular, to a method of initi~li7.in~ a reverse packet traffic channel.
2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a terminal, a base station, and a radio link in a mobile communication system. I he radio link of FI&. 1 is composed of a forward channel for data transmission from the base station to the te~ninal and a reverse channel for data tr~ncmission from the terminal to the base station.
A conventional CDMA mobile comml-nication system has a forward channel structure as shown in FIG. 3 and a reverse channel structure as shown in FIG. 2.The folw~d CDMA channel has a pilot channel, a sync channel, a paging channel, and a forward traffic channel divided into a fundamental chaImel and a supplemental channel. The reverse CDMA channel includes an access channel and a reverse traffic channel divided into a fundamental channel and a supplemental channel.
A conventional bidirectional traffic channel has too low a bit rate to provide a packet data service. An approach to ensuring a bit rate high enough for the packet data service by the conventional bidirectional traffic channel is to separate it into a fundamental channel for affording the same function of the conventional bidirectional traffic channel and a supplemental channel for use in packet data communication. For a packet data service, a call should be mAint~ined between a base station and a termmal as shown in FIG. 1 via forward and reverse fundamental channels.
FIG. 4 is a state transition diagram of a terrn~nal on the basis of a conventional CDMA standard. Referring to FIG. 4, when power is on in a state 411, the terminal is set to an initiAli7Ation state 412. If the terminal synchronizes its timing to that of a system in the initi~ tion state 412, it transits to an idle state 413. The terminal may attempt a call, the base station tr~n.cmits information of the call attempt to the terminal on a paging channel, and the terminal sends a page response message to the base station, in d~e idle state 413. Then, the terminal is set to a system access state 414. If the terminal fails to obtain a paging channel message or is directed from the base station to a different adjacent base station in a handoff in the idle state 413, the terminal returns to the initialization state 412.
Here, if the terminal succeeds in system access except for the call attempt or reception of a call acknowledge signal in the system access state 414, the telminal returns to the idle state 413. On the contrary, if the terminal succeeds in the call attempt or reception of the call acknowledge signal in the system access state 414, it goes to a traffic channel state 414. The traffic channel state 414 lasts as long as traffic is processed. When traffic channels stop their action, the terminal returns to the initiAli~Ation state 412.
A communication system should m~in~in a call on bidirectional fundamental channels despite infrequent transmit/receive packets in the conventional packet data service. In this case, a signal transmitted on the bidirectional fundamentals interferes with another channel, resulting in wasted capacity of another supportable service in the CDMA communication network.
Furtllermore, as more users demand for the packet data service, the CDMA mobile communication network becomes less accessible to users confined to voice communication on fundarnental channels only.
Packet data is transmitted according to the call state transition diagram of FIG. 4 in a CDMA system based on IS-95. Such call processing is suitable not fora connectionless oriented service such as a packet data service but for a connection oriented service such as a voice service because a large amount of time is required to reach mobile acquisition due to too man~ states involved between a call drop and a call set-up and tr~ncmi.csion of many messages. As shown in FIG. 4, the initialization state 412, the idle state 41~, and the system access state 414 should be passed through before resuming the traffic channel state 41~.
Therefore, there is a need for simplifying the state transition for a call set-up by introducing a packet idle state and a packet busy state so that a reliable packet trafflc service can be provided by use of mobile acquisition information only, from an initial call set-up to a call reset-up for a packet service.
Another problem with the conventional packet data service is a mobile acquisition method. A mobile acquisition rate may be in.cignificant in a servicehavin~ a call maintained to the end, such as a voice call, but it is a significant factor to deterrnine system throughput in a service required to disconnect a call, such as a packet data service. That is, the entire system performance depends on how fast a terminal trallsits from the packet idle state to the packet busy state. In conventional mobile acquisition, power control starts when a base station sends an acknowledgement after acquisition of an 80ms or longer access channel. If the base station fails to acquire the access channel and send an acknowledgement, an access probe is transmitted at a power level a base station-specified amount higher than the previous access probe after a 160ms or longer delay designated by the base station due to impossibility of fast power control on the access channel.
The above packet data service has the following problems.
( 1) The 80ms or above access channel is longer than needed in a packet data service.
(2) Both a terminal and a base station should await longer than needed because power control begins only after the acknowledgement of the base station.The delay may be one or more seconds, which is a long time in consideration of aCDMA frame being 20ms in duration. Thus, possible fast power control at the start of access can reduce the time required for retransmission of an access probe after a delay.
A conventional CDMA mobile comml-nication system has a forward channel structure as shown in FIG. 3 and a reverse channel structure as shown in FIG. 2.The folw~d CDMA channel has a pilot channel, a sync channel, a paging channel, and a forward traffic channel divided into a fundamental chaImel and a supplemental channel. The reverse CDMA channel includes an access channel and a reverse traffic channel divided into a fundamental channel and a supplemental channel.
A conventional bidirectional traffic channel has too low a bit rate to provide a packet data service. An approach to ensuring a bit rate high enough for the packet data service by the conventional bidirectional traffic channel is to separate it into a fundamental channel for affording the same function of the conventional bidirectional traffic channel and a supplemental channel for use in packet data communication. For a packet data service, a call should be mAint~ined between a base station and a termmal as shown in FIG. 1 via forward and reverse fundamental channels.
FIG. 4 is a state transition diagram of a terrn~nal on the basis of a conventional CDMA standard. Referring to FIG. 4, when power is on in a state 411, the terminal is set to an initiAli7Ation state 412. If the terminal synchronizes its timing to that of a system in the initi~ tion state 412, it transits to an idle state 413. The terminal may attempt a call, the base station tr~n.cmits information of the call attempt to the terminal on a paging channel, and the terminal sends a page response message to the base station, in d~e idle state 413. Then, the terminal is set to a system access state 414. If the terminal fails to obtain a paging channel message or is directed from the base station to a different adjacent base station in a handoff in the idle state 413, the terminal returns to the initialization state 412.
Here, if the terminal succeeds in system access except for the call attempt or reception of a call acknowledge signal in the system access state 414, the telminal returns to the idle state 413. On the contrary, if the terminal succeeds in the call attempt or reception of the call acknowledge signal in the system access state 414, it goes to a traffic channel state 414. The traffic channel state 414 lasts as long as traffic is processed. When traffic channels stop their action, the terminal returns to the initiAli~Ation state 412.
A communication system should m~in~in a call on bidirectional fundamental channels despite infrequent transmit/receive packets in the conventional packet data service. In this case, a signal transmitted on the bidirectional fundamentals interferes with another channel, resulting in wasted capacity of another supportable service in the CDMA communication network.
Furtllermore, as more users demand for the packet data service, the CDMA mobile communication network becomes less accessible to users confined to voice communication on fundarnental channels only.
Packet data is transmitted according to the call state transition diagram of FIG. 4 in a CDMA system based on IS-95. Such call processing is suitable not fora connectionless oriented service such as a packet data service but for a connection oriented service such as a voice service because a large amount of time is required to reach mobile acquisition due to too man~ states involved between a call drop and a call set-up and tr~ncmi.csion of many messages. As shown in FIG. 4, the initialization state 412, the idle state 41~, and the system access state 414 should be passed through before resuming the traffic channel state 41~.
Therefore, there is a need for simplifying the state transition for a call set-up by introducing a packet idle state and a packet busy state so that a reliable packet trafflc service can be provided by use of mobile acquisition information only, from an initial call set-up to a call reset-up for a packet service.
Another problem with the conventional packet data service is a mobile acquisition method. A mobile acquisition rate may be in.cignificant in a servicehavin~ a call maintained to the end, such as a voice call, but it is a significant factor to deterrnine system throughput in a service required to disconnect a call, such as a packet data service. That is, the entire system performance depends on how fast a terminal trallsits from the packet idle state to the packet busy state. In conventional mobile acquisition, power control starts when a base station sends an acknowledgement after acquisition of an 80ms or longer access channel. If the base station fails to acquire the access channel and send an acknowledgement, an access probe is transmitted at a power level a base station-specified amount higher than the previous access probe after a 160ms or longer delay designated by the base station due to impossibility of fast power control on the access channel.
The above packet data service has the following problems.
( 1) The 80ms or above access channel is longer than needed in a packet data service.
(2) Both a terminal and a base station should await longer than needed because power control begins only after the acknowledgement of the base station.The delay may be one or more seconds, which is a long time in consideration of aCDMA frame being 20ms in duration. Thus, possible fast power control at the start of access can reduce the time required for retransmission of an access probe after a delay.
(3) Despite a random delay for prevent access collision between termin~l~
in CDMA access, access collisions increase with more users of a packet data service, which is a significant cause of access failures because another user's signal acts as an interference in CDMA.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTlON
An object of the present invention is to provide a method of initiAli~ing a revelse packet traffic channel, which can reduce an access time during a packet data servlce.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a method of initi~li7ing a reverse packet traffic channel, which can reduce an excessive output signal ma~litude of a terrninal by rapidly implementing power control at an initial access time point.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a method of initi~ ing a reverse packet traffic channel, which can prevent access collisions by removing a random delay in an access to a packet data service in a mobile communication system.
To achieve the above objects, there is provided a method of initi~ ing a packet traffic channel in a communication system. Ln the method, a delay time ofa forward channel signal tr~n.cmitted from a base station to the terminal is detected and reported to the delay time to the base station, and the timing of the terminal is synchronized to that of the base station, in a packet idle state after a call set-up.
Access collision between terminals attempting to access to a base station is controlled by as~igning a speci~lc time slot to each terminal in an access attempt and causing the terminal to access in the assigned time slot. A mobile acquisition is rapidly achieved by repeatedly using short preamble patterns for teIminals. A
power control is perforrned on the packet traf~lc channel by adding correlation values in a search window of the specific time slot.
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Tlle above objects and advantages ofthe present invention will become more apparent by describing in detail a preferred embodiment thereof with reference to the attached drawings in which:
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a terminal, a base station, and a radio link in a mol~ile communication system;
FIG. 2 illustrates the structure of a reverse channel for a conventional packet data service;
FIG. 3 illustrates the structure of a forward channel for the conventional packet data service;
FIG. 4 is a state transition diagram of a terminal on the basis of a conventional CDMA standard;
FIG. 5 illustrates the structure of a forward channel for a packet data service according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 6 illustrates the structure of areverse channel forthe packet data service according to the embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 7 illustrates terminal call processing states for the packet data service according to the embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 8 is a view of delay times for timing alignment;
FIG. 9 is a block diagram of circuits for a terminal to report a delay time of a forward channel signal to a base sation by a predetermined period;
FIG. 10 is a block diagram of circuits for the terminal to report a measured forward delay time to the base station if the difference between a recorded initial time delay and the measured forward time delay exceeds a predeterrnined threshold;
FIG. 11 is a flowchart of determining the difference between a time delay and a threshold;
FIG. 12 is a block diagram of circuits for the terminal to access the base station at a predeternLuled time for tr~ncmission of packet data;
FIG. 13 is a block diagram of circuits for transmitting packet data from the te~ninal to the base station by time assignrnent of the base station;
FIG. 14 illustrates an exemplary assignment of time slots accessible to a terminal on a packet control channel;
FIG. 15 is a block diagrarm of a receiver for fast initial power control in the base station; and FIGs. 16A and 16B illustrate access power variations in the prior art and in an embod~nent of the present invention, respectively.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
New chalmel structures are designed for a packet data service according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIGs. 5 and 6. A forward chalmel includes a pilot channel, a syn channel, a paging channel, a packet control channel, a forward packet traffic channel, and a forward traffic channel in FIG. 5.
The forward traffic channel is further divided into a fundamental channel and a supplemental channel. A reverse channel includes an access channel, a reverse packet traffic channel, and a reverse traffic channel in FIG. 6. The reverse traffic channel is also divided into a fundamental channel and a supplemental channel.
Two forward channels and one reverse channel are newly defined in the channel structures of FIGs. 5 and 6 for the packet data service according to theembodiment of the present invention: the packet control chalmel and the forward packet traffic channel in the forward channel; and the reverse packet traffic channel in the reverse channel. The forward packet traffic channel supports a path of packet data travelling Ol1 a forward linl~ from a base station to a terminal. The reverse packet traffic channel supports a path of packet data travelling on a reverse link from the term~nal to the base station.
The packet control chalmel acts to control termina~s so that a large number of terminals accommodate a small number of forward and reverse packet traf~lc chalmels. It also controls the output power level of a terminal accessing to a system on the reverse packet traffic channel, thereby controlling a system capacity, in turn.
FIG. 7 is a state transition diagram of a telminal for the packet data service according to the embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 7, when power is initially on in a state 711, the terminal is set to an initiAli~tion state 712 If the terminal synchronizes its timing to that of a system in the initi~li7~tion state 712, it transits to an idle state 713. The terminal may attempt a call, the base station transmits information of the call attempt to the terminal on a paging channel, and the terminal sends a page response message to the base station on an access channel, in the idle state 713. Then, the terminal is set to a system access state 714. If the terminal fails to obtain a paging channel mess~ge or is directed from the base station to a different adjacent base station in a handoff in the idle state 713, the terminal returns to the initi;~ tion state 712.
lf the terminal succeeds in the call attempt or reception of the call acknowledge signal in the system access state 714, it goes to a traffic channel state 715. On the contra~y, if the terminal succeeds in system access except for the call attempt or recephon of a call acknowledge signal in the system access state 714, the telminal returns to the idle state 713. When a packet mode is registered in the system access state 714, the terminal is set to a packet idle state 716. Meanwhile, when hraffic chalmels stop their action in the traffic channel state 715, the terminal returns to initi~li7~tion state 712.
During transrnission/reception of packet data, the tenninal is directed from the packet idle state 716 to a packet busy state 717. Upon completion of packet transrnission/reception, the terminal returns to the packet idle state 716. The termillal alternates between the packet idle state 716 and the packet busy state 717 depending on packet data transmission/reception or vice versa. When the packet mode is over in the packet idle state 716, the terminal returns to the initi~li7~tion state 712.
The terrninal mainly aiming at a packet data service as shown in FIG. 7 hansits not to the hraffic channel state 715 but to the packet idle state 716 upon re~istration of the packet mode in the system access state 714.
In the packet idle state 716, the terminal periodically monitors a packet control channel to deterrnine whether there is packet data to be received on a forward packet traffic channel. In the presence of receive packet data, the terminal demodulates the forward packet hraffic channel during a predetermined time in the packet busy state 717.
When there is packet data to be transmitted from the terrninal in the packet idle state 716, it waits for an authorization to use a reverse packet traffic channel, while monitoring the packet control cham1el. Upon receipt of the authori_ation, the terminal transrnits the packets on the reverse packet traffic channel in the packet busy state 717.
Upon completion of the packet data transmissionlreception on the forward and reverse packet traffic channels in the packet busy state 717, the terrninal periodically monitors the packet control channel again in the packet idle state 716.
Efficient use of channels in a mobile communication system for the packet data service requires distinctiveness in on and off of a signal, and channel capacity can be increased with a shorter initi~li7~tion of packet traff1c channels in signal-on.
For the above purpose, four schemes are employed: timing alignment between a terrninal and a base station; controlled access collision between terrninals; use of known preamble pattern, and fast power control.
(Timing alignment between terrninal and base station) While a call is m~int~ined in CDMA, both the termir al and the base station have tracking capability to track the path of the other party and thus can synchronize their timing for signal demodulation. On the other hand, when the call is disconnected and an access attempt is performed to reset up a call as shown in FIG.
7, it is difficult to estimate how a round trip delay is changed. Thus, a conventional access channel needs a long preamble.
In this case, the terrninal station stores a delay of a signal received from thebase station, as indicated by Tinj in FIG. 8, in the pac~et idle state 716 after an initial call set-up in the embodiment of the present invention. The terrninal synchronizes its timing to that of the base station with respect to the delay time, while monitoring and reportulg the delay time of a signal received from the base station.
The terminal can report the delay time periodically or set a new initial delay by reporting the delay time if it exceeds a delay time initially set by the terminal and the base station by a threshold. Reference character D in FIG. 8 denotes the threshold delay value initially set by the base station and the terminal.
FIG. 9 is a block diagram of circuits realized for periodical delay time reporting of the terminal. Referring to FIG. 9, a delay time detector 911 detects a delay of a forward channel by monitoring a forward channel signal received in a termiulal. A report period register 913 stores a period value for reporting a delay time to the base station and outputs the period value upon generation of a load signal. A report counter 915 counts the report period by a clock signal (not shown) and generates a control signal for reporting the delay time to the base station upon completion of counting. It also generates the load signal and loads the period value stored in the report period register 913 to be counted. A delay time report generator 917 outputs the delay time received from the delay time detector 911 to the basestation according to the output ofthe report counter 915.
In FIG. 9, the delay time detector 911 detects a delay time of a forward channel by continuous]y monitoring a forward channel signal received by the telminal. The delay time report generator 917 prepares the detected delay time received from the delay time detector 911 as data to be reported to the base station.
When the terminal accesses the base station, the base station de.~ tes a period for tl e terminal to report a delay time and the terminal stores the designated period in the report period register 913. The report period register 913 outputs the stored report period value to the report counter 915 by a load signal. The report counter 915 counts the report period value received from the report period register 913. If the counted value is a max~mum or minimllm value, the report counter 915 outputsthe counted value as a report signal to the delay time report generator 917. Therepot signal is applied to the report period register 913 as a load signal. Thus, the report period register 913 loads the delay time report period value to the report counter 915.
FIG. 10 is a block diagrarn of circuits for a terminal to report a delay time when the delay time e~ceeds a delay time initially set by the base station and the terminal by a predeterrnined threshold. In FIG. 10, a delay time detector 1014 detects a delay time of a forward channel received in the terminal by monitoring the forward channel signal. An initial delay time register 1012 generates an initial delay time and loads the output ofthe delay time detector 1014 to be stored therein upon generation of a load signal in a comparator 1020. A delay time difference calculator 1016 receives the outputs ofthe delay time detector 1014 and the initial delay time register 1012, obtains the absolute value ofthe result from subtracting the delay time from the initial delay time, and generates a delay time difference signal. A threshold register 1018 stores a threshold value for the delay time difference. The comparator 1020 compares the delay time difference with the threshold value, and simultaneously generates a load signal to the initial delay time register 1012 and a control signal for reporting the delay time if the delay time difference is lar~er than the threshold value. A delay time report generator 1022 reports the delay time received from the dela~ time detector 1014 to the base station upon receipt of the contl-ol signal from the comparator 1020.
Referring to FIG. 10, the delay time detector 1014 calculates a delay time of a folward channel by continuously monitoring a signal received on the forward channel by the terminal. The delay time is applied simultaneously to the delay time reportgenerator 1022 and the delay time difference calculator 1016. The delay time report generator 1022 uses the delay time as data to be reported to the base station, and the delay time difference calculator 1016 subtracts the delay time from the initial delay time stored in the initial delay time register 1012 and obtains the absolute value of the result. The initial delay time register 1012 stores an initial delay time during a call set-up as data for use in calculating the delay time difference and is updated to a new initial delay time if the delay time difference exceeds a threshold. This updating procedure is implemented only when the outputof the comparator 1020 indicates that the delay time difference is larger than the threshold value. ln this case, the delay time report generator 1022 sends the base station a delay time reporting message using the delay time received from the delay time detector 1014.
Time can be assigned with use of the reported delay time in two methods: the base station moves a search window according to the reported delay time or the base station orders the terminal to adjust its tr~n.cmi.c,cion time so that a signal can be transmitted in a f~lxed search window from the terminal to the base station.
FIG. 11 is a flowchart of reporting a delay time fi om the terminal to the base station, using the threshold.
Keferring to FIG. 11, an initial delay tirne Tjnjt is set in step 1111 and the terminal awaits for a predeterrnined time in step 1113. Then, a delay time Tj ismeasured in step 1115. In step 1117, the absolute value of the result from subtracting the measured delay time from the initial delay time is calculated and compared with the threshold value. If the absolute difference is not larger than the threshold value, the procedure goes back to step 1 l 13. Otherwise, the delay time is reported in step 1119. Then, to update the initial delay time, the procedure returns to step 1111.
(Controlled access collision between terminals for gaining access to base station) Access channel collision between terminals leads to mutual interference and thus failures in acquisition of an access channel. Yet, only if the base station can control terminals' access to the base sation, the terminals can avoid collision or access to the base station with collisions at an acceptable level. In addition, if the terminals can be differentiated despite the collisions, the terminals performing an access attempt can be all acquired. Here, the~ use different preambles and codes.
There are two ways for the base station to control terminals' access: one is to assign a specific time slot to each user telminal at the start of an access attempt in a packet data mode so that the terminal can access the base station in its corresponding time; and the other is to designate which terminal to access in each time slot so that the designated terrninal can access the base station in the corresponding time slot.
In the forrner method, the indexes of time slots are repeated (tirne slots are numbered 0, 1, 2, 3, ..., N-l, 0, 1, 2, ...) and each terrninal is assigned its specific time slot number to access in the corresponding time slot. A terminal having no data to transmit in its corresponding tirne slot gives up accessing, thereby reducing the nurnber of collisions. Under the access control, all the accessing terrninals can be acquired by limiting the m~iml7m number of terrninals supportable in one tirne slot to the number of preambles or codes supportable by the base station.
FIG. 12 is a block diagram of circuits realized to control access collision by assigning each terminal a specific tirne slot number and causing the terminal toaccess in its corresponding time slot. Refemng to F]G. 12, a tirne slot index register 1212 stores time slots set to designate terminals by the base station, and generates a specific index lo. A tirne slot index counter 1214 counts the time slot index and generates an index count Ic. A comparator 1216 the outputs of the time slot index register 1212 and the time slot counter 1214 and generates a control signal for access to the base station when they are equal. A packet data generator 1218 generates packet data to be transmitted to the base station. An encoder 1220 encodes the packet data received from the packet data generator 1218 in a designated method. A modulator 1222 modlilates the encoded packet data received from the encoder 1220 in a suitable output form, and outputs the modulated data upon receipt of the control signal from the comparator 1216.
In FIG. 12, a time slot index assigned to a terminal by the base station is stored in the time slot index register 1212 and compared with the output of the time slot index couulter 1214 by the comparator 1216. If they are equal, the comparator 1216 generates a control signal for accessing the base station. In the presence of data to be transmitted from the terminal to the base station, the data is encoded, modulated, and tr~ncmitted to the base station upon generation of the control signal from the comparator 1216.
FIG. 13 is a block diagram of circuits implemented for access control in such a way that the base station designates which terminal to access in each time slot on a packet control channel and the designated terminal accesses the base station in its corresponding time slot. In FIG. 13, a message interpreter 13 l 1 analyses a message received from the base station and generates a control signal for enabling the terminal to access to the base station if the received message is an access permission message. A packet data generator 1313 generates packet data to be tr~n~mitted tothe base station. An encoder 1315 encodes the packet data received from the packet data generator 1313 in a designated method. A modulator 1317 modulates the encoded data in a suitable output form and sends the modulated data to the base station upon receipt of the control signal from the message interpreter 1311.
Referring to FIG. 13, the base station sends a control signal for design~tine a terminal to access the base station in each time slot. The message interpreter 1311 analyses a message received on a forward channel from the base station and determines whether the terminal is authorized to access the base station. If theterminal is authorized, the message encoder 1311 generates the control signal for enabling the terminal to access the base station. In the presence of data to transmitted to the base station, the data is encoded, modulated, and sent to the base station in synchronization with the control signal output from the message interpreter 1311.
FIG. 14 illustrates the timing of a packet control channel with respect to that of a packet tlaffic channel in the case of controlling the terminal access on the packet control chalmel. Referring to FIG. 14, the packet control channel of an ith time slot designates a terminal authorized to access the base station in an (i+1)th time slot so that the designated terminal attempts to access the base station in the (i+l)th time slot when it has packet data to be transmit to the base station.
(Use of known preamble patterns) Repeated use of known short prearnble patterns allows fast terminal acquisition. Since user discrimination is ensured by time slots and prearnbles in the above controlled collision method, use of known preambles in the conventional CDMA system requires only discrimination of cells and accessing users. Here, a limited number of short codes such as Baker codes having good correlation characteristics are assigned to cells and a packet service user in each cell accesses the base station with its assigned code in its time slot.
(Fast power control) The base station should search a delay time of a signal from a terrninal because it does not know the delay time in an access attempt of the termin~l. When timing alignment is performed between the terrninal and the base station and a time slot accessed by a specific base station is known, power control can be implemented at the start of access by arranging a sufficient number of correlators in a search window and adding the outptus of correlators in excess of a predetermined threshold, thereby increasing the probability of fast mobile acquisition.
FIG. 15 is a block diagram of a receiver of a terminal, for enabling the fast power control in an early stage. In FIG. 15, a delay time receiver 1511 receives a delay time from delay time detectors of a terminal and a base station. A correlation position designator 1513 receives the output ofthe delay time receiver 1511 and generates position design~ting signals for correlators so that the correlators can be arrallged in a search window in a predetermined chip interval. Correlators 171 to 17N receive a signal received on a forward link commonly and their respective corresponding correlation position design~ting signals from the correlation position designator 1513 and detect correlation values C1 to CN for determinin~ whether areceive signal is present in a designated position. A threshold register 1515 stores a thl-eshold value To for determining whether the correlation values output from the correlators 171 to 17Naresignalsources. Comparators 181 to 18Nhavecomparing input ports connected to the output ports of the respective corresponding correlators 171 to 17N and reference input ports connected to the output port of the threshold register 1515 and compare the threshold value To with the outputs of the corresponding correlators 171 to 17N. If Ci ) To, the comparators 181 to 18N
simply output their corresponding correlation values and, otherwise, they outputzeroes. A coupler 1521 adds the outputs of the comparators 181 to 18N. A
reference power value register 1523 stores a reference power value for determinin~
a power control bit to increase or decrease power. A power control bit generator1525 receives the outputs ofthe coupler 1521 and the reference powervalue register 1~23. It generates a power control bit for decreasing power if the output of thecoupler 1521 is larger than the reference power value, and a power control bit for .
increasing power if the output of the coupler 1521 is smaller than the referencepower value. A clock generator 1527 generates a clock signal for determinin~ an output period of the power control bit generator 1525 and adjusts a clock cycle by a clock fiequency adjustment signal received from the power bit generator 1525.
Referring to FIG. 15, the N correlators 171 to 17n, arranged in a search window in 0.5 chip intervals by the correlation position designator 1513, receive a signal from the base station and perform a correlation on specific preamble patterns in their positions of the search window. The comparators 181 to 18N compare the correlation results Ci (i = 1, 2, ..., N) of the correlators 171 to 17N with thethreshold value To for determining the presence or absence of a signal source. If the correlation va~ues C1 to CN are larger than the threshold value To, they output the corresponding correlation values to the coupler 1521 and, otherwise, they outputzeroes to the coupler ]521.
The coupler 1521 adds the outputs of the N comparators 181 to 18N and applies the result to the power control bit ~enerator 1525. Then, the power control bit generator 1525 compares the output of the coupler 1521 with the reference power value received from the reference power value register 1523. Here, if the output of the coupler 1521 is larger than the reference power value, the power control bit generator 1525 outputs a power control bit for reducing the reception power of a terminal to the terrninal. If the output of the coupler 1521 is smaller than the reference power value, the power control bit generator 1525 outputs a power control bit for increasing the reception power of the terrninal to the terminal.
The power control bit generator 1525 also adjusts the cycle of the clock ~enerator 1527 for controlling the power control bit generation period. That is, it allows a normal power control in a short time by m~int~ining the clock signal generating cycle of the clock generator 1527 to be short~ that is, m~int~ining the fi equency of a clock signal to be high, and thus increasing a power control rate for a signal transmitted by the terminal. For example, the initial clock signal generating cycle of the clock generator 1~27 can be set to 6.4KH:z.
If the power control bit generator 1525 determines that a normal power control is perforrned, it reduces the frequency of a clock signal generated from the cloc~ generator 1527 so that the overhead power caused by the power control bit on a fonvard channel can be decreased. The correlation position designator 1513 deterrmines where a delay time is generated in the search window having the N
correlators 171 to 17N arranged therein from a delay time detected by the delay time detectors in the terminal and the base station, received from the delay time receiver 1511.
FIGs. 16A and 16B illustrate power variations in the prior art and in the embodiment of the present invention employing the above power control method, respectively. As shown in FIG. 16A, an access probe should be retransmitted at an increased power after a delay, to reach an intended power level in the prior art.
By contrast, the present invention allows the terminal to rapidly reach an intellded power level by the power control and thus enables a fast mobile ac4uisition. In addition, the faster a power control cycle, the faster the terminal reaches the intended power level. Once the terminal is acquired and a normal power control is performed, the power control cycle can be increased. Though channel capacity can be increased by controlling the transmit power of the terminal under the power control, the power control bit itself adds to overheads and thus the power contlol bit can be reduced in a steady power control state after the mobile acquisition in view of the overheads.
For example, assuming that the power control cycle is 800x8Hz eight times larger than the conventional one per 1.25ms, a power step size is ldB, and a gap G
shown in FIGs. 16a and 16B is 8dB, the terminal reaches an intended power level in 1.25ms.
In the embodiment of the present invention as described above, channel capacity is efficiently used by reducing the time required for the initi~li7.~tion of a packet traffic channel in a packet data service of a mobile communication system.
The chamlel capacity use efficiency can be maximized by reducing the time and power for the initi~li7~tion of the terminal through timing alignment between a terminal and a base station, controlled access collision, use of known preambles, and fast mobile acquisition and power control.
While the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the specif1c embodiment, it is a mere exemplary application. Thus, it is to be clearly ulderstood that many variations can be made by anyone skilled in the art within the scope and spirit of the present invention
in CDMA access, access collisions increase with more users of a packet data service, which is a significant cause of access failures because another user's signal acts as an interference in CDMA.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTlON
An object of the present invention is to provide a method of initiAli~ing a revelse packet traffic channel, which can reduce an access time during a packet data servlce.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a method of initi~li7ing a reverse packet traffic channel, which can reduce an excessive output signal ma~litude of a terrninal by rapidly implementing power control at an initial access time point.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a method of initi~ ing a reverse packet traffic channel, which can prevent access collisions by removing a random delay in an access to a packet data service in a mobile communication system.
To achieve the above objects, there is provided a method of initi~ ing a packet traffic channel in a communication system. Ln the method, a delay time ofa forward channel signal tr~n.cmitted from a base station to the terminal is detected and reported to the delay time to the base station, and the timing of the terminal is synchronized to that of the base station, in a packet idle state after a call set-up.
Access collision between terminals attempting to access to a base station is controlled by as~igning a speci~lc time slot to each terminal in an access attempt and causing the terminal to access in the assigned time slot. A mobile acquisition is rapidly achieved by repeatedly using short preamble patterns for teIminals. A
power control is perforrned on the packet traf~lc channel by adding correlation values in a search window of the specific time slot.
BRlEF DESCRlPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Tlle above objects and advantages ofthe present invention will become more apparent by describing in detail a preferred embodiment thereof with reference to the attached drawings in which:
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a terminal, a base station, and a radio link in a mol~ile communication system;
FIG. 2 illustrates the structure of a reverse channel for a conventional packet data service;
FIG. 3 illustrates the structure of a forward channel for the conventional packet data service;
FIG. 4 is a state transition diagram of a terminal on the basis of a conventional CDMA standard;
FIG. 5 illustrates the structure of a forward channel for a packet data service according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 6 illustrates the structure of areverse channel forthe packet data service according to the embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 7 illustrates terminal call processing states for the packet data service according to the embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 8 is a view of delay times for timing alignment;
FIG. 9 is a block diagram of circuits for a terminal to report a delay time of a forward channel signal to a base sation by a predetermined period;
FIG. 10 is a block diagram of circuits for the terminal to report a measured forward delay time to the base station if the difference between a recorded initial time delay and the measured forward time delay exceeds a predeterrnined threshold;
FIG. 11 is a flowchart of determining the difference between a time delay and a threshold;
FIG. 12 is a block diagram of circuits for the terminal to access the base station at a predeternLuled time for tr~ncmission of packet data;
FIG. 13 is a block diagram of circuits for transmitting packet data from the te~ninal to the base station by time assignrnent of the base station;
FIG. 14 illustrates an exemplary assignment of time slots accessible to a terminal on a packet control channel;
FIG. 15 is a block diagrarm of a receiver for fast initial power control in the base station; and FIGs. 16A and 16B illustrate access power variations in the prior art and in an embod~nent of the present invention, respectively.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
New chalmel structures are designed for a packet data service according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIGs. 5 and 6. A forward chalmel includes a pilot channel, a syn channel, a paging channel, a packet control channel, a forward packet traffic channel, and a forward traffic channel in FIG. 5.
The forward traffic channel is further divided into a fundamental channel and a supplemental channel. A reverse channel includes an access channel, a reverse packet traffic channel, and a reverse traffic channel in FIG. 6. The reverse traffic channel is also divided into a fundamental channel and a supplemental channel.
Two forward channels and one reverse channel are newly defined in the channel structures of FIGs. 5 and 6 for the packet data service according to theembodiment of the present invention: the packet control chalmel and the forward packet traffic channel in the forward channel; and the reverse packet traffic channel in the reverse channel. The forward packet traffic channel supports a path of packet data travelling Ol1 a forward linl~ from a base station to a terminal. The reverse packet traffic channel supports a path of packet data travelling on a reverse link from the term~nal to the base station.
The packet control chalmel acts to control termina~s so that a large number of terminals accommodate a small number of forward and reverse packet traf~lc chalmels. It also controls the output power level of a terminal accessing to a system on the reverse packet traffic channel, thereby controlling a system capacity, in turn.
FIG. 7 is a state transition diagram of a telminal for the packet data service according to the embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 7, when power is initially on in a state 711, the terminal is set to an initiAli~tion state 712 If the terminal synchronizes its timing to that of a system in the initi~li7~tion state 712, it transits to an idle state 713. The terminal may attempt a call, the base station transmits information of the call attempt to the terminal on a paging channel, and the terminal sends a page response message to the base station on an access channel, in the idle state 713. Then, the terminal is set to a system access state 714. If the terminal fails to obtain a paging channel mess~ge or is directed from the base station to a different adjacent base station in a handoff in the idle state 713, the terminal returns to the initi;~ tion state 712.
lf the terminal succeeds in the call attempt or reception of the call acknowledge signal in the system access state 714, it goes to a traffic channel state 715. On the contra~y, if the terminal succeeds in system access except for the call attempt or recephon of a call acknowledge signal in the system access state 714, the telminal returns to the idle state 713. When a packet mode is registered in the system access state 714, the terminal is set to a packet idle state 716. Meanwhile, when hraffic chalmels stop their action in the traffic channel state 715, the terminal returns to initi~li7~tion state 712.
During transrnission/reception of packet data, the tenninal is directed from the packet idle state 716 to a packet busy state 717. Upon completion of packet transrnission/reception, the terminal returns to the packet idle state 716. The termillal alternates between the packet idle state 716 and the packet busy state 717 depending on packet data transmission/reception or vice versa. When the packet mode is over in the packet idle state 716, the terminal returns to the initi~li7~tion state 712.
The terrninal mainly aiming at a packet data service as shown in FIG. 7 hansits not to the hraffic channel state 715 but to the packet idle state 716 upon re~istration of the packet mode in the system access state 714.
In the packet idle state 716, the terminal periodically monitors a packet control channel to deterrnine whether there is packet data to be received on a forward packet traffic channel. In the presence of receive packet data, the terminal demodulates the forward packet hraffic channel during a predetermined time in the packet busy state 717.
When there is packet data to be transmitted from the terrninal in the packet idle state 716, it waits for an authorization to use a reverse packet traffic channel, while monitoring the packet control cham1el. Upon receipt of the authori_ation, the terminal transrnits the packets on the reverse packet traffic channel in the packet busy state 717.
Upon completion of the packet data transmissionlreception on the forward and reverse packet traffic channels in the packet busy state 717, the terrninal periodically monitors the packet control channel again in the packet idle state 716.
Efficient use of channels in a mobile communication system for the packet data service requires distinctiveness in on and off of a signal, and channel capacity can be increased with a shorter initi~li7~tion of packet traff1c channels in signal-on.
For the above purpose, four schemes are employed: timing alignment between a terrninal and a base station; controlled access collision between terrninals; use of known preamble pattern, and fast power control.
(Timing alignment between terrninal and base station) While a call is m~int~ined in CDMA, both the termir al and the base station have tracking capability to track the path of the other party and thus can synchronize their timing for signal demodulation. On the other hand, when the call is disconnected and an access attempt is performed to reset up a call as shown in FIG.
7, it is difficult to estimate how a round trip delay is changed. Thus, a conventional access channel needs a long preamble.
In this case, the terrninal station stores a delay of a signal received from thebase station, as indicated by Tinj in FIG. 8, in the pac~et idle state 716 after an initial call set-up in the embodiment of the present invention. The terrninal synchronizes its timing to that of the base station with respect to the delay time, while monitoring and reportulg the delay time of a signal received from the base station.
The terminal can report the delay time periodically or set a new initial delay by reporting the delay time if it exceeds a delay time initially set by the terminal and the base station by a threshold. Reference character D in FIG. 8 denotes the threshold delay value initially set by the base station and the terminal.
FIG. 9 is a block diagram of circuits realized for periodical delay time reporting of the terminal. Referring to FIG. 9, a delay time detector 911 detects a delay of a forward channel by monitoring a forward channel signal received in a termiulal. A report period register 913 stores a period value for reporting a delay time to the base station and outputs the period value upon generation of a load signal. A report counter 915 counts the report period by a clock signal (not shown) and generates a control signal for reporting the delay time to the base station upon completion of counting. It also generates the load signal and loads the period value stored in the report period register 913 to be counted. A delay time report generator 917 outputs the delay time received from the delay time detector 911 to the basestation according to the output ofthe report counter 915.
In FIG. 9, the delay time detector 911 detects a delay time of a forward channel by continuous]y monitoring a forward channel signal received by the telminal. The delay time report generator 917 prepares the detected delay time received from the delay time detector 911 as data to be reported to the base station.
When the terminal accesses the base station, the base station de.~ tes a period for tl e terminal to report a delay time and the terminal stores the designated period in the report period register 913. The report period register 913 outputs the stored report period value to the report counter 915 by a load signal. The report counter 915 counts the report period value received from the report period register 913. If the counted value is a max~mum or minimllm value, the report counter 915 outputsthe counted value as a report signal to the delay time report generator 917. Therepot signal is applied to the report period register 913 as a load signal. Thus, the report period register 913 loads the delay time report period value to the report counter 915.
FIG. 10 is a block diagrarn of circuits for a terminal to report a delay time when the delay time e~ceeds a delay time initially set by the base station and the terminal by a predeterrnined threshold. In FIG. 10, a delay time detector 1014 detects a delay time of a forward channel received in the terminal by monitoring the forward channel signal. An initial delay time register 1012 generates an initial delay time and loads the output ofthe delay time detector 1014 to be stored therein upon generation of a load signal in a comparator 1020. A delay time difference calculator 1016 receives the outputs ofthe delay time detector 1014 and the initial delay time register 1012, obtains the absolute value ofthe result from subtracting the delay time from the initial delay time, and generates a delay time difference signal. A threshold register 1018 stores a threshold value for the delay time difference. The comparator 1020 compares the delay time difference with the threshold value, and simultaneously generates a load signal to the initial delay time register 1012 and a control signal for reporting the delay time if the delay time difference is lar~er than the threshold value. A delay time report generator 1022 reports the delay time received from the dela~ time detector 1014 to the base station upon receipt of the contl-ol signal from the comparator 1020.
Referring to FIG. 10, the delay time detector 1014 calculates a delay time of a folward channel by continuously monitoring a signal received on the forward channel by the terminal. The delay time is applied simultaneously to the delay time reportgenerator 1022 and the delay time difference calculator 1016. The delay time report generator 1022 uses the delay time as data to be reported to the base station, and the delay time difference calculator 1016 subtracts the delay time from the initial delay time stored in the initial delay time register 1012 and obtains the absolute value of the result. The initial delay time register 1012 stores an initial delay time during a call set-up as data for use in calculating the delay time difference and is updated to a new initial delay time if the delay time difference exceeds a threshold. This updating procedure is implemented only when the outputof the comparator 1020 indicates that the delay time difference is larger than the threshold value. ln this case, the delay time report generator 1022 sends the base station a delay time reporting message using the delay time received from the delay time detector 1014.
Time can be assigned with use of the reported delay time in two methods: the base station moves a search window according to the reported delay time or the base station orders the terminal to adjust its tr~n.cmi.c,cion time so that a signal can be transmitted in a f~lxed search window from the terminal to the base station.
FIG. 11 is a flowchart of reporting a delay time fi om the terminal to the base station, using the threshold.
Keferring to FIG. 11, an initial delay tirne Tjnjt is set in step 1111 and the terminal awaits for a predeterrnined time in step 1113. Then, a delay time Tj ismeasured in step 1115. In step 1117, the absolute value of the result from subtracting the measured delay time from the initial delay time is calculated and compared with the threshold value. If the absolute difference is not larger than the threshold value, the procedure goes back to step 1 l 13. Otherwise, the delay time is reported in step 1119. Then, to update the initial delay time, the procedure returns to step 1111.
(Controlled access collision between terminals for gaining access to base station) Access channel collision between terminals leads to mutual interference and thus failures in acquisition of an access channel. Yet, only if the base station can control terminals' access to the base sation, the terminals can avoid collision or access to the base station with collisions at an acceptable level. In addition, if the terminals can be differentiated despite the collisions, the terminals performing an access attempt can be all acquired. Here, the~ use different preambles and codes.
There are two ways for the base station to control terminals' access: one is to assign a specific time slot to each user telminal at the start of an access attempt in a packet data mode so that the terminal can access the base station in its corresponding time; and the other is to designate which terminal to access in each time slot so that the designated terrninal can access the base station in the corresponding time slot.
In the forrner method, the indexes of time slots are repeated (tirne slots are numbered 0, 1, 2, 3, ..., N-l, 0, 1, 2, ...) and each terrninal is assigned its specific time slot number to access in the corresponding time slot. A terminal having no data to transmit in its corresponding tirne slot gives up accessing, thereby reducing the nurnber of collisions. Under the access control, all the accessing terrninals can be acquired by limiting the m~iml7m number of terrninals supportable in one tirne slot to the number of preambles or codes supportable by the base station.
FIG. 12 is a block diagram of circuits realized to control access collision by assigning each terminal a specific tirne slot number and causing the terminal toaccess in its corresponding time slot. Refemng to F]G. 12, a tirne slot index register 1212 stores time slots set to designate terminals by the base station, and generates a specific index lo. A tirne slot index counter 1214 counts the time slot index and generates an index count Ic. A comparator 1216 the outputs of the time slot index register 1212 and the time slot counter 1214 and generates a control signal for access to the base station when they are equal. A packet data generator 1218 generates packet data to be transmitted to the base station. An encoder 1220 encodes the packet data received from the packet data generator 1218 in a designated method. A modulator 1222 modlilates the encoded packet data received from the encoder 1220 in a suitable output form, and outputs the modulated data upon receipt of the control signal from the comparator 1216.
In FIG. 12, a time slot index assigned to a terminal by the base station is stored in the time slot index register 1212 and compared with the output of the time slot index couulter 1214 by the comparator 1216. If they are equal, the comparator 1216 generates a control signal for accessing the base station. In the presence of data to be transmitted from the terminal to the base station, the data is encoded, modulated, and tr~ncmitted to the base station upon generation of the control signal from the comparator 1216.
FIG. 13 is a block diagram of circuits implemented for access control in such a way that the base station designates which terminal to access in each time slot on a packet control channel and the designated terminal accesses the base station in its corresponding time slot. In FIG. 13, a message interpreter 13 l 1 analyses a message received from the base station and generates a control signal for enabling the terminal to access to the base station if the received message is an access permission message. A packet data generator 1313 generates packet data to be tr~n~mitted tothe base station. An encoder 1315 encodes the packet data received from the packet data generator 1313 in a designated method. A modulator 1317 modulates the encoded data in a suitable output form and sends the modulated data to the base station upon receipt of the control signal from the message interpreter 1311.
Referring to FIG. 13, the base station sends a control signal for design~tine a terminal to access the base station in each time slot. The message interpreter 1311 analyses a message received on a forward channel from the base station and determines whether the terminal is authorized to access the base station. If theterminal is authorized, the message encoder 1311 generates the control signal for enabling the terminal to access the base station. In the presence of data to transmitted to the base station, the data is encoded, modulated, and sent to the base station in synchronization with the control signal output from the message interpreter 1311.
FIG. 14 illustrates the timing of a packet control channel with respect to that of a packet tlaffic channel in the case of controlling the terminal access on the packet control chalmel. Referring to FIG. 14, the packet control channel of an ith time slot designates a terminal authorized to access the base station in an (i+1)th time slot so that the designated terminal attempts to access the base station in the (i+l)th time slot when it has packet data to be transmit to the base station.
(Use of known preamble patterns) Repeated use of known short prearnble patterns allows fast terminal acquisition. Since user discrimination is ensured by time slots and prearnbles in the above controlled collision method, use of known preambles in the conventional CDMA system requires only discrimination of cells and accessing users. Here, a limited number of short codes such as Baker codes having good correlation characteristics are assigned to cells and a packet service user in each cell accesses the base station with its assigned code in its time slot.
(Fast power control) The base station should search a delay time of a signal from a terrninal because it does not know the delay time in an access attempt of the termin~l. When timing alignment is performed between the terrninal and the base station and a time slot accessed by a specific base station is known, power control can be implemented at the start of access by arranging a sufficient number of correlators in a search window and adding the outptus of correlators in excess of a predetermined threshold, thereby increasing the probability of fast mobile acquisition.
FIG. 15 is a block diagram of a receiver of a terminal, for enabling the fast power control in an early stage. In FIG. 15, a delay time receiver 1511 receives a delay time from delay time detectors of a terminal and a base station. A correlation position designator 1513 receives the output ofthe delay time receiver 1511 and generates position design~ting signals for correlators so that the correlators can be arrallged in a search window in a predetermined chip interval. Correlators 171 to 17N receive a signal received on a forward link commonly and their respective corresponding correlation position design~ting signals from the correlation position designator 1513 and detect correlation values C1 to CN for determinin~ whether areceive signal is present in a designated position. A threshold register 1515 stores a thl-eshold value To for determining whether the correlation values output from the correlators 171 to 17Naresignalsources. Comparators 181 to 18Nhavecomparing input ports connected to the output ports of the respective corresponding correlators 171 to 17N and reference input ports connected to the output port of the threshold register 1515 and compare the threshold value To with the outputs of the corresponding correlators 171 to 17N. If Ci ) To, the comparators 181 to 18N
simply output their corresponding correlation values and, otherwise, they outputzeroes. A coupler 1521 adds the outputs of the comparators 181 to 18N. A
reference power value register 1523 stores a reference power value for determinin~
a power control bit to increase or decrease power. A power control bit generator1525 receives the outputs ofthe coupler 1521 and the reference powervalue register 1~23. It generates a power control bit for decreasing power if the output of thecoupler 1521 is larger than the reference power value, and a power control bit for .
increasing power if the output of the coupler 1521 is smaller than the referencepower value. A clock generator 1527 generates a clock signal for determinin~ an output period of the power control bit generator 1525 and adjusts a clock cycle by a clock fiequency adjustment signal received from the power bit generator 1525.
Referring to FIG. 15, the N correlators 171 to 17n, arranged in a search window in 0.5 chip intervals by the correlation position designator 1513, receive a signal from the base station and perform a correlation on specific preamble patterns in their positions of the search window. The comparators 181 to 18N compare the correlation results Ci (i = 1, 2, ..., N) of the correlators 171 to 17N with thethreshold value To for determining the presence or absence of a signal source. If the correlation va~ues C1 to CN are larger than the threshold value To, they output the corresponding correlation values to the coupler 1521 and, otherwise, they outputzeroes to the coupler ]521.
The coupler 1521 adds the outputs of the N comparators 181 to 18N and applies the result to the power control bit ~enerator 1525. Then, the power control bit generator 1525 compares the output of the coupler 1521 with the reference power value received from the reference power value register 1523. Here, if the output of the coupler 1521 is larger than the reference power value, the power control bit generator 1525 outputs a power control bit for reducing the reception power of a terminal to the terrninal. If the output of the coupler 1521 is smaller than the reference power value, the power control bit generator 1525 outputs a power control bit for increasing the reception power of the terrninal to the terminal.
The power control bit generator 1525 also adjusts the cycle of the clock ~enerator 1527 for controlling the power control bit generation period. That is, it allows a normal power control in a short time by m~int~ining the clock signal generating cycle of the clock generator 1527 to be short~ that is, m~int~ining the fi equency of a clock signal to be high, and thus increasing a power control rate for a signal transmitted by the terminal. For example, the initial clock signal generating cycle of the clock generator 1~27 can be set to 6.4KH:z.
If the power control bit generator 1525 determines that a normal power control is perforrned, it reduces the frequency of a clock signal generated from the cloc~ generator 1527 so that the overhead power caused by the power control bit on a fonvard channel can be decreased. The correlation position designator 1513 deterrmines where a delay time is generated in the search window having the N
correlators 171 to 17N arranged therein from a delay time detected by the delay time detectors in the terminal and the base station, received from the delay time receiver 1511.
FIGs. 16A and 16B illustrate power variations in the prior art and in the embodiment of the present invention employing the above power control method, respectively. As shown in FIG. 16A, an access probe should be retransmitted at an increased power after a delay, to reach an intended power level in the prior art.
By contrast, the present invention allows the terminal to rapidly reach an intellded power level by the power control and thus enables a fast mobile ac4uisition. In addition, the faster a power control cycle, the faster the terminal reaches the intended power level. Once the terminal is acquired and a normal power control is performed, the power control cycle can be increased. Though channel capacity can be increased by controlling the transmit power of the terminal under the power control, the power control bit itself adds to overheads and thus the power contlol bit can be reduced in a steady power control state after the mobile acquisition in view of the overheads.
For example, assuming that the power control cycle is 800x8Hz eight times larger than the conventional one per 1.25ms, a power step size is ldB, and a gap G
shown in FIGs. 16a and 16B is 8dB, the terminal reaches an intended power level in 1.25ms.
In the embodiment of the present invention as described above, channel capacity is efficiently used by reducing the time required for the initi~li7.~tion of a packet traffic channel in a packet data service of a mobile communication system.
The chamlel capacity use efficiency can be maximized by reducing the time and power for the initi~li7~tion of the terminal through timing alignment between a terminal and a base station, controlled access collision, use of known preambles, and fast mobile acquisition and power control.
While the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the specif1c embodiment, it is a mere exemplary application. Thus, it is to be clearly ulderstood that many variations can be made by anyone skilled in the art within the scope and spirit of the present invention
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1. A method of initializing a packet traffic channel in a terminal during a packet data service in a communication system, comprising the steps of:
(a) storing a delay time of a forward channel signal transmitted from a base station to the terminal; measuring and reporting the delay time to the base station in order to synchronize the timing of the terminal to that of the base station, in a packet idle state after a call set-up;
(b) controlling access collision between terminals attempting to access to a base station by assigning a specific time slot to each terminal in an access attempt and causing the terminal to access in the assigned time slot;
(c) achieving mobile acquisition rapidly by repeatedly using short preamble patterns for terminals; and (d) performing power control on the packet traffic channel by adding correlation values in a search window of the specific time slot.
(a) storing a delay time of a forward channel signal transmitted from a base station to the terminal; measuring and reporting the delay time to the base station in order to synchronize the timing of the terminal to that of the base station, in a packet idle state after a call set-up;
(b) controlling access collision between terminals attempting to access to a base station by assigning a specific time slot to each terminal in an access attempt and causing the terminal to access in the assigned time slot;
(c) achieving mobile acquisition rapidly by repeatedly using short preamble patterns for terminals; and (d) performing power control on the packet traffic channel by adding correlation values in a search window of the specific time slot.
2. The method of Claim 1, wherein step (a) further comprises reporting the delay to the base station in response to a reporting time period signal received from the base station.
3. The method of Claim 1, wherein step (a) further comprises determining when the delay time exceeds a delay time initially set by the base station and the terminal by a predetermined threshold.
4. The method of Claim 3, further comprising the steps of:
storing an initial delay time;
calculating a delay time difference signal by subtracting the delay time from the initial delay time;
comparing the delay time difference signal to a threshold value; and reporting the delay time if the delay time difference is larger than the threshold value.
storing an initial delay time;
calculating a delay time difference signal by subtracting the delay time from the initial delay time;
comparing the delay time difference signal to a threshold value; and reporting the delay time if the delay time difference is larger than the threshold value.
5. The method of Claim 4, further comprising the step of updating the initial delay time if the delay time difference signal exceeds the threshold value.
6. The method of Claim 1, wherein step (b) further comprises the base station setting a time slot index for each terminal corresponding to the time slot to which the terminal is assigned to for access.
7. The method of Claim 6, further comprising the steps of:
receiving the time slot index at the terminal;
comparing the time slot index to a time slot index count; and the terminal attempting access when the time slot index count equals the time slot index.
receiving the time slot index at the terminal;
comparing the time slot index to a time slot index count; and the terminal attempting access when the time slot index count equals the time slot index.
8. The method of Claim 1, wherein step (b) further comprises the base station providing an access permission message to the terminal for enabling the terminal to access the base station.
9. The method of Claim 1, wherein step (c) further comprises using Barker codes.
10. The method of Claim 1, wherein step (d) further comprises:
receiving a signal from the base station;
detecting the correlation values in response to correlation position designating signals;
comparing the correlation values to a threshold value;
if a correlation value is greater than the threshold value, outputting the correlation value;
adding the respective correlation values; and comparing a sum of the added correlation values to a reference power value and generating a power control bit in response thereto.
receiving a signal from the base station;
detecting the correlation values in response to correlation position designating signals;
comparing the correlation values to a threshold value;
if a correlation value is greater than the threshold value, outputting the correlation value;
adding the respective correlation values; and comparing a sum of the added correlation values to a reference power value and generating a power control bit in response thereto.
11. The method of Claim 10, wherein the power control bit serves to decrease power if the sum of the added correlation values is larger than the reference power value.
12. The method of Claim 10, wherein the power control bit serves to increase the power if the sum of the added correlation values is smaller than the reference power value.
13. The method of Claim 10, wherein the power control bit adjusts a cycle of a clock for controlling a power control bit generation period.
14. An apparatus for initializing a packet traffic channel in a terminal during a packet data service in a communication system, the apparatus comprising:
means for storing a delay time of a forward channel signal transmitted from a base station to the terminal, measuring and reporting the delay time to the base station in order to synchronize the timing of the terminal to that of the base station, in a packet idle state after a call set-up;
means for controlling access collision between terminals attempting to access to a base station by assigning a specific time slot to each terminal in an access attempt and causing the terminal to access in the assigned time slot;
means for achieving mobile acquisition rapidly by repeatedly using short preamble patterns for terminals; and means for performing power control on the packet traffic channel by adding correlation values in a search window of the specific time slot.
means for storing a delay time of a forward channel signal transmitted from a base station to the terminal, measuring and reporting the delay time to the base station in order to synchronize the timing of the terminal to that of the base station, in a packet idle state after a call set-up;
means for controlling access collision between terminals attempting to access to a base station by assigning a specific time slot to each terminal in an access attempt and causing the terminal to access in the assigned time slot;
means for achieving mobile acquisition rapidly by repeatedly using short preamble patterns for terminals; and means for performing power control on the packet traffic channel by adding correlation values in a search window of the specific time slot.
15. The apparatus of Claim 14, wherein the reporting means further comprises means for reporting the delay to the base station in response to a reporting time period signal received from the base station.
16. The apparatus of Claim 14, further comprising means for determining when the delay time exceeds a delay time initially set by the base station and the terminal by a predetermined threshold.
17. The apparatus of Claim 16, further comprising:
means for storing an initial delay time;
means for calculating a delay time difference signal by subtracting the delay time from the initial delay time;
means for comparing the delay time difference signal to a threshold value; and means for reporting the delay time if the delay time difference is larger than the threshold value.
means for storing an initial delay time;
means for calculating a delay time difference signal by subtracting the delay time from the initial delay time;
means for comparing the delay time difference signal to a threshold value; and means for reporting the delay time if the delay time difference is larger than the threshold value.
18. The apparatus of Claim 17, further comprising means for updating the initial delay time if the delay time difference signal exceeds the threshold value.
19. The apparatus of Claim 14, wherein the controlling means further comprises means for setting; in the base station, a time slot index for each terminal corresponding to the time slot to which the terminal is assigned to for access.
20. The apparatus of Claim 19, further comprising:
means for receiving the time slot index at the terminal;
means for comparing the time slot index to a time slot index count; and means for the terminal to attempt access when the time slot index count equals the time slot index.
means for receiving the time slot index at the terminal;
means for comparing the time slot index to a time slot index count; and means for the terminal to attempt access when the time slot index count equals the time slot index.
21. The apparatus of Claim 14, wherein the controlling means further comprises means for the base station to provide an access permission message to the terminal for enabling the terminal to access the base station.
22. The apparatus of Claim 14, wherein the acquisition achieving means further comprises using Barker codes.
23. The apparatus of Claim 14, wherein the power control performing means further comprises:
means for receiving a signal from the base station;
means for detecting the correlation values in response to correlation position designating signals;
means for comparing the correlation values to a threshold value;
means for outputting the correlation value if the correlation value is greater than the threshold value;
means for adding the respective correlation values; and means for comparing a sum of the added correlation values to a reference power value and generating a power control bit in response thereto.
means for receiving a signal from the base station;
means for detecting the correlation values in response to correlation position designating signals;
means for comparing the correlation values to a threshold value;
means for outputting the correlation value if the correlation value is greater than the threshold value;
means for adding the respective correlation values; and means for comparing a sum of the added correlation values to a reference power value and generating a power control bit in response thereto.
24. The apparatus of Claim 23, wherein the power control bit serves to decrease power if the sum of the added correlation values is larger than the reference power value.
25. The apparatus of Claim 23, wherein the power control bit serves to increase the power if the sum of the added correlation values is smaller than the reference power value.
26. The apparatus of Claim 23, wherein the power control bit adjusts a cycle of a clock for controlling a power control bit generation period.
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